Baculovirus for biocontrol and biotech.

Discusses a baculovirus that infects caterpillars which may lead to the discovery of safe pesticides and the prevention of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Number of years that biotechnology companies and laboratories have been focusing on the baculovirus as a source of a powerful gene promoter used to boost the production of recombinant proteins;How the baculovirus can be altered for benevolent use; Peculiar polyhedra; Life cycle; Biopesticides; Gene cloning in baculovirus; Scaling-up army worms.